Buzzword Reading Challenge 2023—game related words in the title, from game itself to games like chess, checkers, cards, twister…to words related to games like first, last, win, lose, race, chase, clubs, spades, diamonds etc.2023 Sami Parker Reads Title Challenge—A book that has a rhyme in the title
Cover Scavenger Hunt 2023—Glasses/Sunglasses
The StoryGraph Reads the World 2023—Syria
The StoryGraph Genre Challenge 2023—A horror or mystery book written by a woman or nonbinary author
Beat the Backlist 2023—Non-fiction just for fun
Scavenger Hunt TBR Book Challenge—Flip to any page in the book you just read and point to a random word. The next book title should have that word in the title (my word: tears)
Scavenger Hunt—A book about your favorite school subject or unit (my choice: history)
Popsugar Reading Challenge 2023—A book with a color in the title
2023 TBR Toppler—A non-Fiction Book
2023 Monthly Themes—Stop and catch up on TBRs
2023 Reading Challenge—The Longest Book on my TBR
2023 ABC Challenge—I
Romanceopoly 2023!—Slow burn or fast burn contemporary romance2023 TBR Prompts—A book with multiple generations
As always, let me know if you have read any of these books and (if you did) what you thought of them.
Books I Read:
Free Kindle PurchaseKU PurchaseARC from St. Martin’s Press, St. Martin’s GriffinARC from Random House Publishing Group – Ballantine, BantamARC from Sourcebooks CasablancaARC from St. Martin’s PressARC from St. Martin’s PressFree Kindle PurchaseKU PurchaseFree Kindle PurchaseKindle PurchaseARC from St. Martin’s Press and St. Martin’s GriffinKindle PurchaseKindle PurchaseFree Kindle PurchaseKU PurchaseKindle PurchaseNon-ARC from authorARC from Random House Publishing Group – Ballantine, Ballantine BooksARC from AuthorARC from Crooked Lane BooksARC from Sourcebooks CasablancaKU PurchaseFree Kindle PurchaseFree Kindle PurchaseARC from Crooked Lane BooksARC from Random House Publishing Group – Ballantine, Ballantine BooksARC from Shivnath Productions, IBPA, and Member’s TitlesARC from St. Martin’s Press, Minotaur BooksNon-ARC from authorFree Kindle PurchaseKU Purchase
Books I got from NetGalley:
Invite from St. Martin’s Press, St. Martin’s GriffinInvite from Random House Publishing Group – Random House, Random HouseWish granted by Random House Publishing Group – Ballantine, Del ReyInvite from St. Martin’s PressSelection from Minotaur Influencer ProgramWished granted from Random House Publishing Group – Ballantine, Delacorte PressRead Now from St. Martin’s Press and Minotaur BooksRead Now from St. Martin’s Press, St. Martin’s GriffinRead Now from St. Martin’s Press, St. Martin’s GriffinRead Now from St. Martin’s Press, St. Martin’s GriffinInvite from St. Martin’s Press Influencer ProgramInvite from St. Martin’s Press, Minotaur BooksWish granted from Random House Publishing Group – Ballantine, Del Rey
Books I got from Authors/Indie Publishers:
ARC from Novel CauseARC from authorNon-ARC from authorNon-ARC from AuthorNon-ARC from author
Buzzword Reading Challenge 2023 (Flavour-related words: Must have flavour/herb/spice related words in the title: salter, pepper, dill, ginger, mango, vanilla, lemon…etc)—The Saltwater Marathon
2023 Sami Parker Reads Title Challenge (with a word such as rabbit, bunny, hare to honor Chinese Year of the Rabbit. Title should include at least one of those words)—Killer Rabbits
The StoryGraph’s Onboarding Reading Challenge 2023 (Read a book in your least read format or genre)—Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado
Scavenger Hunt TBR Book Challenge (Go to page 34, line 6 of the book you just read. How many words are there in that line? Divide that number by 3. That’s the amount of words the title of your next book should be): Modern Girl’s Guide to Vacation Flings by Gina Drayer
Beat the Backlist 2023 (meant to read it last year): Prepared by Courtney Konstantin
The StoryGraph’s Genre Challenge 2023 (A children’s book you never read as a kid): Frog and Toad Are Friends by Arnold Lobel
Popsugar Reading Challenge 2023 (A book with a mythical creature): Hereditary by Jane Washington
2023 TBR Toppler (The last book in a series): Ten Thousand Truths by Kelli Washington
Books I bought*:
*Normally, there won’t be a lot of books on here. But I am going through my Goodreads shelves and downloading any free books I am coming across from books already shelved (as well as adding books that are in the same series). This is an ongoing project, and I should be done by September (yes, I have that many books).
A fiercely independent duchess and a brooding, reclusive Earl are tested by the demands of desire in this unforgettable romance from the USA Today bestselling author of A Kiss of Lies and A Night of Forever.
For Rose Deverill, one husband was enough. As the wealthy widow of the Duke of Roxborough, she has cultivated an unsavory reputation meant to discourage wife hunters. Thanks to a string of steamy affairs, Rose is perfectly content to be known by polite society as the “Wicked Widow”—until she’s reunited with the man she fell in love with at age fifteen. Their bedroom encounters are scorching, but it breaks Rose’s heart to wonder whether her reckless behavior ruined her for Philip Flagstaff.
The second son of the Earl of Cumberland, Philip never wanted the title. But after Philip’s older brother, Robert, follows him into the Battle of Waterloo, his worst fears come to pass. Now Robert lies in a soldier’s grave, and Philip is determined never to pass on the inheritance to children of his own. Then Rose appears, soothing the pain with her delightful curves and passionate kisses. The notorious Duchess seems to want nothing from him—and yet Philip has never ached to give a woman more.
